07 - Poland - Registration and/or Tuition Fees

Teacher training colleges, foreign language teacher training colleges and colleges of social work

No tuition fees are charged by public colleges for courses taught as part of full-time programmes, except when courses are repeated by college students as a result of their unsatisfactory learning achievements. Tuition fees may be charged for part-time programmes. The amount of such fees is determined by the director of a given college, in consultation with the body administering a given college, on the basis of expected teaching costs.

There are no registration fees. However, public colleges may charge fees for entrance examinations. The amount of such fees is determined by the director of a given college on the basis of expected costs of entrance examinations.

In justified cases, college students may be exempted from fees for entrance examinations or for part-time programmes by the director of a given college.

Higher education institutions

No tuition fees are charged by public HEIs for full-time degree programmes (first-cycle, second-cycle or long-cycle programmes) and full-time doctoral programmes. However, public HEIs may charge fees for:

• specific courses provided as part of full-time degree programmes and full-time doctoral programmes which are repeated by students as a result of their unsatisfactory learning achievements;
• programmes or courses taught in a foreign language;
• courses which are not included in a study programme;
• part-time degree programmes and part-time doctoral programmes.

The amount of such fees is determined by the rector of a HEI, but it may not exceed the costs incurred by a given HEI in order to launch and provide programmes or courses. Detailed rules for charging fees, including the procedure and conditions for partial or full exemption from such fees, are laid down by the senate of a given HEI.

There are no registration fees. However, public HEIs charge fees related to the process of admission to degree programmes. The maximum amount of such fees is determined annually in a regulation of the minister responsible for higher education. The maximum fees related to the admission process in the academic year 2007/08 are as follows (1 € = 3.59 PLN): 150 PLN (€ 41.8) for applicants in the fields of study where the admission process involves artistic aptitude tests and in the fields of architecture and urban planning, and interior design; 100 PLN (€ 27.9) for applicants in the fields of study where the admission process involves a physical fitness test, and 85 PLN (€ 23.7) for applicants in all other fields of study.

Students enrolled on degree programmes and doctoral students are entitled to free medical services in healthcare institutions which receive public funds. Medical insurance contributions for both categories of students are paid by their HEIs.

Participation in student and doctoral student organisations is voluntary; thus, no compulsory contributions are paid to such organisations.

Arrangements concerning doctoral programmes and doctoral students in research institutions other than HEIs are the same as those for HEIs, except that the amount of the fees mentioned above is determined by the head of a given research institution.

Institutions:

Ministry of Science and Higher Education
ul. Wspólna 1/3 00-529 Warszawa 53
Tel.:+48 (22)-529-27-18
Website: http://www.mnisw.gov.pl

Ministry of National Education
00-918 Warszawa, Al. Szucha 25
Tel.:+48 (22) 628 69 53
Fax:+48 (22) 628 69 53
Website: http://www.men.gov.pl

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